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FireFit Annual Conference 2008
Liverpool, Marriot South.
1st & 2nd September 2008.
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Conference 08 circuit training class!!!
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Fit for Service,
Fit Communities,
Fit for the Future.
The 2008 Conference promises to be the best yet coinciding with Liverpool 08 European Capital of Culture
and the World Fire fighter Games. The venue is superb so book early if you
want to secure accomodation at the Marriot - it is limited!
Download the conference booking form or the conference programme here.
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Conference 08 Newsflash (updated 12 May 08).......
The FireFit Conference to being held on Merseyside has proven to be extremely popular with the availability of accommodation
at the Conference Hotel, the Liverpool Marriott South, very limited. The accommodation at the Marriott is only available for
booking up to Friday 13th June, this is an extended deadline that can not be further extended, nor are there any additional
rooms after the limited availability is booked.
The Service has also arranged for rooms at the Express by Holiday Inn (John Lennon Airport) to be available for the
Conference. After 13th June rooms shall only be available at the Holiday Inn, about a 10 minute walk from the Conference.
The Programme, Booking Form and further information are available by clicking on the links above or from Merseyside FRS Occupational Health Services Team.
If you want any further information please do not hesitate to contact the Team on 0151 296 4917,
or email Clare little or
Paul Blanchard-Flett.
Conference 08 overview...........
FireFit Conference 2008 – Merseyside, 1st and 2nd September 2008.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service are hosting the FireFit Conference in 2008. This Conference will fall in Liverpool’s Capital of Culture Year
and will co-inside with the county hosting the World Firefighter Games, at the new Echo Arena in Liverpool city centre.
Merseyside shall be holding the Conference at the Liverpool South Marriott Hotel, the site of the original Liverpool Airport.
The Hotel is a triumph of art deco styling and at the rear of the hotel the runway and balcony that featured in the newsreel films of
the Beatles arriving back from America are still there to be seen.
The Conference is planned for the 1st and 2nd September with the theme ‘Fit for Service, Fit Communities, Fit for the Future’.
This event will pick up from FireFit 2007 and will discuss the fitness standard of 42 Vo2Max and update on progress on its adoption as a
standard through the Service.
The Conference will also consider some other health and fitness issues affecting the Fire Service in the UK. The programme will
include sessions on body fat and BMI, mental fitness for service, rehabilitating firefighters and the ‘Cool Van’ concept, and will
touch on areas of youth and age, including an aging workforce with the increased retirement age in the New Firefighters Pension Scheme.
We have arranged speakers that will include Professor Kevin Sykes, the undoubted star of the 2007 Conference, and speakers from both
John Moores and Hope Universities.
With the draw to the city of the Capital of Culture events and the World Firefighter Games early booking would be advisable as it is
anticipated that this will be the best attended FireFit Conference to date. The booking system will be announced in the near future
and details will be sent to all Fire and Rescue Services, and posted on both the Merseyside FRS and this website.
If you wish to be on a mailing list please email Paul Blanchard-Flett
We look forward to seeing you in September.
FireFit Annual Conference 2007
Burleigh Court Conference Centre, Loughborough.
Thursday 5th July.
All the speaker presentations from the Burleigh Court Conference 2007 will appear shortly on the
Educational Resources & Downloads page.
FireFit Annual Conference Bristol 2006
Hosted by Avon Fire and Rescue Service.
The Bristol Royal Marriot Hotel, Bristol over Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th June 2006.
This years Conference theme is:
Managing Attendance - the physical and physiosocial challenge.
This years FireFit conference is being hosted by Avon Fire and Rescue Service at the Bristol
Royal Marriot Hotel. In the centre of the beautiful city of Bristol.
The theme of this year's conference is based on the very topical Performance Management issue
of Attendance Management and will attempt to address the many different considerations organisations
need to contemplate in pursuing reductions in absenteeism and managing injury and sickness.
A wide range of speakers have been assembled to look at the different aspects of health
and fitness and the impact a holistic approach can have on workforce motivation and welfare management.
The appeal of such a topic has I feel a wide target audience. I believe that principle officers, senior managers, human resource
managers, equality advisors, service medical advisors, occupational health officers and advisors as well as fitness advisors and instructors
would all find the the conference of particular interest and assistance.
Finding the right tools to tackle improvements in Performance Management is something
I believe we all see a value in. This years conference will see an interesting array of
techniques and protocols that will I'm sure improve any organisations approach
to managing attendance.
Kevin Pearson
Chief Fire Officer & Chief Executive
Avon Fire and Rescue Service.
FireFit Annual Conference Dundee 2005
Hosted by Tayside Fire Brigade.
All the speaker presentations from the Dundee 2005 conference can be downloaded from the
Educational Resources & Downloads page.
Tayside Fire Brigade's Chief Fire Officer Stephen Hunter and FireFit Steering Group Member Doug Cook are pictured presenting a cheque for £200 to Wellburn Home, Dundee.
The donation was made possible following the success of 2005 FireFit Conference in Dundee.
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